Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-08-11
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Wise company from Philadelphia t,
Clinton. They haye contracted to max
not less than 5000 vises year.
The Governors Grays of Dubuque fee
highly elated over the invitation to &C,
as the Governors escort to the Philadel
phia centennial of the constitution.
The long -winded drouth in Iowa ha
its "wcals and woes" The extra yiel,
Of oats will do much to cover the short
age in corn, while the threatened waite
famine drove many to seek the indispen
sable for their stock, and not few now
are blessed with oyerflowing wells at
reach of only few feet from the surface
others supply at 20 to 40 feet.
A large Chicago firm has bought tn,
Whitney Pork Packing House and lively,
| acres of ground at Atlnatic. The property
isworth $50, 900 and was virtually donated
by N. III. Whitney, to the Chicago firm
for the sake of having it operated Mint
months of every year, which they agree
to do. The Chicago men will double the
capacity of the packing house and say
that il everything goes well they will
make it the largest in Iowa. They will
build twenty tenement houses for Their
principal men.
The independence Conservative let's
loose upon the world the following horri-
bic warning to chcwers: A horrible story
is told of man near Waterloo who was
an inveterate tobacco chcwer. A friend
came into the field where he was at work
and he asked of him a chew of tobacco,
remarking that he had just bought some,
but he guessed something was the matter
with it, for it made him sick He took a
chew of his friend and threw the remain.
der of his own plug away. But he con-
ti1red to feel worse and went to the
house and soon after was taken with con-
vulsions and died. Search was made for
the plug thrown away and it was found.
Upon examination the body of lizard
was found imbeded in the plug, of which
the man had eaten portion, and which
was the probable cause of his death.
The Elkader Register tells this story of
a peculiar fire: A short time ago while a
farmer residing near Clermont was cutting
his hay, he droyc his team across slough,
when suddenly his horses sank into the
ground. Help was procured and the
horses pulled out, when il was discovered
that a fire was burning underneath the
slough, and that the horses were badly
burned. The meadow had been burned
over, and no signs of fire had been OBJ.
served, so that it remains mystery as to
its origin. The fire has continued to burn
since that time. and we are informed that
there is now a large, blazing pit in the
slough, evidently twenty to thirty feet
deep.
A young lady at Newtonyille, Miss
Josephine Mccain, has constructed
carved book case valued at 1000. Fruit,
flowers, birds, animals, portraits of noted
persons, landscapes and ornamental scroll
work, skillfully executed and artistically
arranged, deliberately ornament the front
and sides and form the top ornaments.
s. M. Onstein, a ChatficId young man,
recently sat down by bis bedroom win
dow to cool off. An hour later he was
heard groaning, and when found was ly-
ing upon the ground outside with his
collar bone broken. 1t is supposed he
fell out during some kind Of fit, as he
can give no explanation for the accident
Frank Myers, aged thirteen. a dime.
novel reader, has been sent to the refo m
school at Eldora from Atlantic.
Sherman Richey, of Albion, took
rink of water from sprinkler recently
md swallowed a honey-bee, which stung
him, causing intense pain. An emetic
was given, which brought up the bee, but
he pain continued until morphine was
to relieve him.
About $50 on the afternoon of Aug 4,
Turing the prevalence of heavy thunder
storm that extended from Alton to Osceo
a. Silas Thurlow, farmer living two
niles from Hopevillc, was struck by
lightning and instantly killed. He had
oeen assisting party of threshers until
he storm approached, when all but Thur
ow sought the shelter of the house.
Thurlow remaining to cover some grain.
After the storm had subsidel the tbresh-
RS returned and discovered his blackened
emains, lying between the thresher and
'orn bin. He was an energetic young
nan, a son-in-law of Mr.. Morgan, a lead
ng farmer of that neighborhood. and a
of a gentleman named
Gregg, residing in Creston.
Elk Justice McCabe, of Des Moines, the
young man who was accused of having
ent telegram announcing his own
while he was nowhere near the
water, returned to that city some time
lgo. Since then he has been guyed more
'r less by many people. August 8, he
passed the Office of II. r. Persinger editor
If Persinger's Times, a society paper, and
lfter few remarks proceeded to pounce
lpon the newspaper man in John L. Sui
ivan style. Before the first round was
concluded Constable Potts, who was near,
Interrupted the proceedings and put the
,x-justice under arrest. Persinger comes
Up smiling, however, and announces that
he will prove that McCabe sent the dis
,atch referred to and will publish a cut |
If him in his paper. The latter announce
nent has made the ex-justice still more |
vroth and he threatens more trouble.
John Bechel, of Maquoketa, has died |
rom injuries received while working to |
heck the flames at the recent confagra.
ion at Clinton.
A man who bad been an inmate of the |
,oorhouse for several years died at Coun-
ii Bluffs, and upon searching his clothing
1903 were found in them.
An extensive cooper mandatory is TO |
70 removed from Lafayette, Ind, to |
leokuk. 1t will bring thirty families to
he latter place.
f. Fl. ii. Peavy's elevator at Sioux City |
,urned Aug ?. probably the work of
ncendiaries. This is the fifth time the |
ire department has been called to this
building this year. Loss, $1,000: insurance
Z, 900.
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